On May 22, 2020, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published in the Federal Register a final rule amending the Zimbabwe Sanctions Regulations to remove a general license that authorizes all transactions involving Agricultural Development Bank of Zimbabwe and Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe as a result of these entities being removed from OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List). Both banks were delisted in 2016.
On February 7, 2020, the US Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a document announcing the country-by-country reallocations of 78,071 MTRV of the fiscal year (FY) 2020 in-quota quantity of the World Trade Organization (WTO) tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for imported raw cane sugar from those countries that stated they do not plan to fill their FY 2020 allocated raw cane sugar quantities. See the notice for country-by-country reallocations.
On 2 October, 2019, in Mauritius, the EU started negotiations with five Eastern and Southern Africa partners (so-called ESA: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Zimbabwe) to deepen the existing Economic Partnership Agreement. Given the positive results generated by the current agreement, now in its 8th year of implementation, the five countries have declared their readiness to move beyond trade in goods, towards a more comprehensive agreement. The EU has welcomed this step, especially in the context of…
On March 5, 2019, the Federal Register published Presidential Notice of March 4, 2019 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Zimbabwe which extends for an additional year the national emergency first declared by Executive Order (EO) 13288 (March 6, 2003). Additional steps were taken in EO 13391 (November 22, 2005) and EO 13469 (July 25, 2008). The national emergency is being extended because the actions and policies of the persons addressed in these…
On March 5, 2018, the Federal Register published one year extensions to the following national emergencies because actions and policies addressed in the Executive Orders (EO) in which they were original declared or modified continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.
On July 14, 2017, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a notice providing country-by-country allocations of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 (October 1, 2017 through Sept. 30, 2018) in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quotas for imported raw cane sugar, certain sugars, syrups and molasses (also known as refined sugar), specialty sugar, and sugar-containing products.
On January 13, 2017, the President signed Notice of January 13, 2017 — Continuation of National Emergency with Respect to Zimbabwe which continues for an additional year the national emergency first declared in Executive Order (E.O.) 13288 of March 6, 2003
On March 4, 2016, the Federal Register published Presidential Notice of March 2, 2016 – Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Zimbabwe which continues for an additional year the national emergency first declared in Executive Order 13288 (March 6, 2003) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States constituted by the actions and policies of certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons…
On March 5, 2015, the Federal Register published Presidential Notice of March 3, 2015 – Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Zimbabwe which extends for an additional year the national emergency first declared on March 6, 2003, by Executive Order (EO) 13288. EO 13288 blocked the property of certain persons, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706), to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy…
On July 31, 2014, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published in the Federal Register a notice announcing that on July 17, 2014, the FWS made a determination that the import of sport-hunted African elephant trophies taken in Zimbabwe on or after April 4, 2014, until December 31, 2014, would be suspended. The decision to suspend importation of African elephant trophies taken in Zimbabwe was due to the FWS being unable to determine that…